Friday, May 1 / 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM   •   Nicolet B

Session 104:
Gender, Power and Reproductive Behavior

Chair: Michelle J. Hindin, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Discussant: Jessica D. Gipson, University of California, Los Angeles

  1. Contexts and Vulnerability of Unintended Pregnancy among Young Women in Orissa, India: Does Gender Role Matter?Manas Pradhan, MAMTA Health Institute for Mother and Child ; Usha Ram, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

  2. Demographic Manifestations of Son-Preference in England and WalesSylvie Dubuc, University of Oxford

  3. Demographic Influences on Women's Empowerment: How Reproductive Health Events Shape Women's Mobility, Economic Autonomy and Experience with Violence over the Life CourseSusan M. Lee-Rife, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)

  4. Fertility Declines in Developing Countries: Do They Empower Women?Anju Malhotra, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) ; Nancy E. Riley, Bowdoin College

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